ORWELL – Orwell 1995

Beschreibung

-For one brief year from 1995-1996 there was a short lived band called Orwell. While all the members had other musical projects going on (Gainer, Braid, The Sky Corvair, Hubcap), college, and were running record labels (Divot Records & Actionboy Records). They somehow found time to take on one more project. Though Orwell only lasted a year, they managed to record 8 songs, and play a handful of shows. 3 of those song managed to get released, 4242 on the “Emo Schmeemo” 7”, Angular Momentum on the Polyvinyl “Direction comp” (but only the CD version), and Bandsaw Architecture on the Divot/Actionboy “Ground Rule Double comp”. The other 5 songs had never been released.

-Orwell were a five-piece post-hardcore/emo band from Chicago, Illinois. For many years, they were really known as being another project Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) was involved in, as their official releases were limited to sporadic compilation tracks and a handful of unreleased bootleg recordings circulating the internet. Finally, in 2020 an official discography was released, including all recorded material, as well as some live tracks and demos. The result was Orwell 1995, which is titled as such since everything on it was recorded that year. It sold out immediately! So, we now present a re-press celebrating 30 years since this music was written and recorded. Sonically, fans of Nanna’s other work will dig this, though it does have a more raw, aggressive sound in comparison to the usually melodic works of Braid.

Members of Braid, Hey Mercedes, Friction, The Sky Corvair, Lifted Bells, Punjab, Guttersnipe, Gainer, Gila Bend, Hubcap, Traitors, Haymarket Riot, Cougars, Big’n etc.